LOOK (4/5) Pours a copper with some nice orange highlights. The color is presented well by the opaqueness of the beer (along the lines of a kellerbier). The head was off-white and ample, it hung around for a while and left very faint lacing.

SMELL (3.5/5) The smell is dominated by yeast, very similar to a hefeweizen's banana-and-clove profile. That being said, it is somewhat sharper than a hefeweiss and the rye sourness is hinted at.

FLAVOUR (3.5/5) The yeastiness of the aroma is more faint on the tongue than in the nose. Its only briefly noticeable. Rather, the flavor is really dominated by breadiness and sour-rye notes to finish. This finish has a very nice rye sourness, but doesn't hit the smokey or spicy notes I had expected. Some faint hopping plays well with the sourness.

FEEL (4/5) A nice middling to full body on this one. What's really nice is that the sourness tickles the inside of your cheeks and the hops touch the back of the tongue in a way that plays pretty nicely off the fullness and breadiness. Its also well carbonated, similar to an effervescent hefeweiss. Really, this was the strength of the beer to me and what really stands out.

DRINK (4/5) Rye beers, being somewhat heavier that your average session beer, are the sort of thing you can put down again and again. That being said, I think that this brew deftly avoids heaviness with some of the lighter aspects to it. That makes for a nice drink.

Nice brown appearance with amber highlights, tan head about a half finger, minor lacing. The nose is very much rye bread, caraway, wheat. Moderately carbonated, nice full body. Taste is appealing with some effervesence in the mouth, clean taste, kiwi, strawberry, nice malt bill and a dry refreshing finish. This beer is doughy and crispy at the same time, nice job Mill St., very drinkable.

I really like the fact that these original brewpub-only beers can now be purchased in singles rather than only in their mixed 6's.

My first Roggenbier, and I'm quite excited. I love getting my hands on these rare styles and happy about the fact that this one is made here in Ontario. Pours a hazy copper hue, letting you know right away that this beer is unflitered. Busy streams of carbonation stream up the side of the glass, fuelling the thick and billowy 3 finger cream coloured head that retains wonderfully, leaving sheets of lace.

I really enjoy the nose on this one; spicy with a good amount of clove, and rye bread with the latter imparting a very yeasty smell. Toasted malts and caramel are also thrown into the mix with hints of fruity esters being able to be pulled out of this complex and unique smelling beer.

The taste is much more straightforward than the nose led me to believe. A really nice kick of spiciness hits the palate right off the bat, pairing with notes of clove midway through and moving towards the back. Yeasty feel and taste throughout, somewhat similar to a hefe in that regard just less pronounced. A bit of sweetness also in the middle with the caramel and toasty malts coming through, but it's the spicy and yeasty characters that win out in the end.

The mouthfeel leans more towards being medium bodied with a nice wheaty feel. Dry in the finish with a good balance. Easy to drink, but the lack of complexity in the taste (at least in comparison to the nose) and nothing really popping out making me say "wow, this is a good beer", the drinkability sufferred a little bit just because I'm not sure of how many more times I would drink/buy this.

Overall, a good brew done in a rare style. Although Mill Street doesn't seem to put out any extreme or incredible offerings, their beers are always well crafted, flavourful, and fantastic alternatives to any BMC's out there, and this beer is of no exception. I'm glad I got my hands on a Roggenbier, and I'd be more than happy to try any other interpretations of this style, but I most likely won't be buying this one again anytime soon.

A - Dark ruby brown. Fluffy white head that dies down very quickly. No head is left after a few minutes. No lacing after a few minutes either.

S - Fruits (banana, citrus) and spices.

T - Same as the smell with some added sourness. Rye and The fruits and slight spices are there. Some hops help the bitterness. Sweetness and bitterness are balanced nicely.

M/D - Smoothness is good, not too flat or fizzy. Drinkability suffers a bit, the flavour is good but not something I would drink more than one or two of that frequently. It's nice that this is brewed nearby, I would definitely pick this up again. It'll be nice to have this now and again.

Thanks to liamt07 for sending me this one. It is the first Roggenbier I taste too.

The beer color is brown and it is hazy. No head on this one. Bad pour? maybe. Aroma is spicy with malts. Nice and inviting. The taste is fruity and the beer shows lots of carbonation. So why no head? probably bad pour. The taste shows also some spices: I would guess some cloves and nutmeg(?). Not sure on the last one but I think it is nutmeg I'm getting.

This beer is interesting and good. Need to get my hands on this style to understand it more.

Pours up a slightly hazy copper brown with a big foamy light tan head which has some pretty good staying power.

The aromas are similar to a weizen with some clove character and a bit of banana and citrus though there is a distinctive rye aroma which makes it very spicy overall.

The taste is dominated by the spice and the banana of the aroma is lost. There is a spritzy, lemony, citrus note towards the finish that is nice in combination with the tongue tingling spiciness of the phenols and rye.

Mouthfeel is really quite nice, very soft despite the phenolic character. Carbonation level is quite high but works well as it does in a Weizen. Rye thickens the mouthfeel and makes it quite full but the high carbonation lightens it. Nice.

Really enjoyable beer but the drinkability isn't quite there. I think that is just how this style is. This is actually my first commercial example of this style, having brewed two homebrew batches rather blindly. Mine was comparable in taste with similarly low drinkability even though I liked it slightly better.

Appearance - The beer pours a murky brown colour with a gigantic off white fluffy and fizzy head. There appears to be a lot of carbonation and there is a fair amount of lacing. The head lasted for several minutes before it dissipated.

Smell - Hops, wheat, rye, and a peppery spice mix

Taste & Mouth - The beer is highly carbonated, lots of bubbles can be felt on the tongue. I can taste the rye and wheat up front, also some malts and caramel. The beer finishes on a slightly bitter sweet malty note and leaves a smoky aftertaste.

Drink - Another above average brew from the people at Mill Street. It is definitely worth a try.

Poured into a tulip where it had three strong fingers of head which dropped fairly quickly and left no substantial lacing. Clear and a rich ochre, this is a nice looking beer. The aroma is initially earthy and rye-filled with notes of soy sauce. The beer itself is crisp and somewhat viscous on the tongue, but the rye's soy notes are a little too strong. Enjoyable overall though.

Plenty of head with decent lacing. Smoky amber with a nice chill haze. A woody musty scent; subtle yet somehow boggy. very tart. I don;t like it much. i'm not familiar with this tyle but it;s not to my liking. Too sweet and syrupy really. it's not crap. i just don't like this type of beer.

This unfiltered rye beer pours brown and hazy after rousing the sediment at the bottom of the bottle. It's large and fluffy tan head dies down to a thin and retentive cap, leaving a splotch of lace here and there. Smelling it, I can pick up some nice hefeweizen-like banana and clove aromatics with a base note of rye bread underpinning it. Tangy and spicy flavour of sour rye bread and cloves, with a moderate amount of banana. That sour rye note holds into the aftertaste along with a very mild bitterness. The overall effect makes me imagine a sour banana bread. Medium bodied with lots of fluffy carbonation. It's light and refreshing but has a bit of complexity to its flavour. Nice beer, and kudos to Mill Street for getting this into the LCBO for the summer.

Picked up in a Manotick LCBO while house sitting for the weekend. Pleasantly surprised to find it way out here in the suburbs.

Pours a lightly hazy, amber-tinted brown with a medium foamy head. Good retention.

This is my first Roggenbier, and the aroma is not quite what I expected. Hefe-ish at first. I get clove, some light citrus, fair amount of spice, and some light caramel maltiness. I can pick out the rye a bit, but probably would not have been able to unless I was expecting it.

To me the rye is much more evident in the taste. Clove and a touch of fruitiness lead into a nice rich malt profile, all along complimented by a slight spicy peppery flavour. Finish is mostly rye, with little to no hop evidence.

Plenty of carbonation for a good full mouthfeel, which seems appropriate for a spicy beer such as this.

A very flavourful, interesting, and enjoyable beer. At 5.3%, this is easily drinkable. Light enough to manage a few but complex enough to keep your interest.

Good stuff Mill Street. Hopefully this one stays around or at least makes a repeat appearance.

Bottle: Poured a deep brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of lightly sweet malt with light spicy undertones is quite pleasant. Taste is also dominated by lightly sweet caramel malt with light notes of spices. Body has a somewhat creamy texture which is really enjoyable with good carbonation. Easily drinkable with a nice taste profile. Probably one of the best beer I tried from this brewer.

I think if someone handed me a glass of this, blind, with no context I would say it was a dunkelweizen. It's dark, semi cloudy, smells a bit like a hefe - and I didn't know what a Roggenbier was until today.

This beer pours a mid clarity brown and lightly amber colour. The offwhite head recedes to almost nothing fairly quickly.

The smell is where the resemblance to a hefe starts. There is plenty of clove and spiciness with a hint of malt. The difference is that there is smoky undercurrent in all of it, especially towards the tail end of the glass.

Tastewise there is plenty of refreshment right from the start. It's clean and dry and finishes with rye malts, hints of banana and clove. Well done.

Mouthfeel is a touch over carbonated for my liking but it does add refreshment value.

The final drinkability score is moderately high. Another beer would definitely hit the mark. Kudos to Mill St. for breaking style barriers in Ontario.